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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerPIETRO LUIGI RINALDILocationBERGAMO ItalyDate16 FEB 2008 20.30 UTCEquipmentVIXEN VMC200L EQ6 SKYSCANDescriptionERATOSTHENES AND APENNINES |
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PhotographerBob JohnsonLocationSaskatoon, SaskatchewanDateFebruary 19,2008, 11:45 amEquipmentCanon 40DDescriptionWhen I was outside I noticed a solar halo starting to form, by the time I got my camera ready and set up just outside the city, 30 mins, it had formed into a 360 halo with beautiful colors. |
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PhotographerDouglas SpaldingLocationLouisburg, KSDate2/12/08EquipmentPictures of Saturn were taken at the Astronomy Society of Kansas City's Powell Observatory using a 30" Newtonian Telescope. A 3x Barlow lens and Meade LPI imager were used. Each picture is a stack of hundreds of individual shots. The pictures received final processing in PS2.DescriptionThis picture shows the changing tilt of Saturn's rings relative to Earth. Saturn is moving towards being edge-on next year. (2009). It will then proceed back toward maximum tilt, reaching that point in 2016. |
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PhotographerFernando RetanaLocationSan Jose, Costa RicaDateFeb 1, 2008 05:37amEquipmentMeade SN8 on LXD75 with Nikon D40 (prime focus) 1/2" exposure ISO800DescriptionOn Feb. 1, 2008, Venus and Jupiter showed a very nice approach less than one degree apart. The four jovian moons (from top Gaminede, Io, Callisto, Europa) was clearly visible even during dawn. Two more stars are visible in the background. |
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PhotographerTunç TezelLocationnear Bolu, TurkeyDate3rd December 2007EquipmentFor the main shot showing both objects, I used a 100-400 mm lens at 400 mm f/8, with a Canon EOS 5D camera at ISO 1600 and an exposure of 4 minutes, piggybacked on a Meade 8" LX10 SCT. Then I composed two pictures of both objects separately taken with the 8" SCT. For NGC253, it was an exposure of 1 hour at ISO 800. For NGC288, it was a shorter 10-minute exposure at ISO 1600.DescriptionNGC253 is a bright, large spiral galaxy lying about in the faint constellation Sculptor. It is the brightest galaxy in the Sculptor with the magnitude of 7.1; with the distance of 10 million light years. NGC288, on the other hand, lies only 27000 light years away, in the halo of Milky Way. It is a magnitude fainter than NGC253: 8.1. The pair is separated 1 3/4 degrees of sky. They are visible in the same binocular field (about as wide as this picture) but most telescopes are not able to fit them in the same field. South Galactic Pole (SGP) lies less than a degree soutwest of NGC288, close to the lower right corner of this picture. |
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PhotographerMohammad Javad FahimiLocationHutak Village, KermanDate2007/14/12EquipmentCanon EOS 400D Wit 18-55mm zoom, 40 Minutes ExposureDescriptionView of a ruin Entrance on the night of the Geminid meteor shower. |
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PhotographerEfrain Morales RiveraLocationAguadilla, Puerto RicoDate01/30/08 02:01.39utEquipmentWO ZenithStar ED80II APO F6.8, CGE mount, SBIG ST402ME CcdDescriptionAsteroid pass-by at aprox. mag of 10.7. A sequence of 12 frames at 15.2seconds intervals each. |
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PhotographerMarcelo Daniel CerdánLocationMendoza, ArgentinaDate1/13/2007 02:48 GMTEquipmentTelescope: Orion ED80 on Skywatcher EQ5 Synscan mount Camera: Canon 350DDescriptionThis huge cloud of dust dominates the far south sky as seen from a remote mountain site in Mendoza, Argentina. It is crossed by several dark lanes composed of obscure material and giving the nebula its beautiful appearance. Is no doubt that Eta Carinae Nebula is one of the finest telescopic objects visible from the south hemisphere. |
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PhotographerFabiomassimo CastelluzzoLocationSant'Oreste,Roma,ItalyDate29 Dic 2007 23.00 l.o.EquipmentNewton Skywatcher 250mm f5 on EQ6 Pro, Canon 350D un-modified 13X2 minutes Exp, ISO 800DescriptionNGC 2158 (globular cluster) and M35 (open cluster). The image has been cropped. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., Kansas, USA.DateDec. 30, 2007, 7:31 pm CSTEquipment84 second exposure with Canon Rebel XTi and a 16mm Nikkor lens @ f/4 at ISO 800.DescriptionThis image depicts the change that has occurred in the red airglow, both in size and position (as well as shape). Where the zodiacal light cone would be you can faintly see a touch of blue and yellow airglow as well. This image was started nearly 45 minutes after it had become fully dark - the brightening near the horizon is not laggard twilight, but van Rhijn brightening of the overall airglow layer. |
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